“I don’t know how well it would’ve gone over if the claim Ike considered him for a running mate in 1952 “
Conservatives at the time would probably not have been thrilled.
By today’s standard he’d probably be a Republican though.
“Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius’s moonbat Socialist father “
Oh yes Mr. Lose in 1974. He must have been some piece of crap. Wikisuckia said he lost because he didn’t appoint John Glenn to the Senate. (rolleyes)
Gilligan was a fluke win in the first place. He lost because the people of OH recognized he was a fiasco and returned his GOP predecessor to his job. I still can’t believe Metzenbaum managed to beat Taft in a rematch in ‘76 (especially after Metzenbaum was tagged as a kook). Ford only barely lost the state (a swing of 6,000 votes would’ve seen him carry it, and had he won it and just another state (say, TN), he’d have won that year. It’s amazing to look at the ‘76 map and see the polar opposite reversal that has occurred since then with who carries what states. CA & NJ GOP, and the entire Deep South except for Virginia going rodent.